Crossroads Arts District

Kansas City's Creative Neighborhood

First Fridays at Torn Label

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Torn Label Public House will be open until 10:00PM serving some of Kansas City’s finest ales and lagers and delicious creations from the mind of Chef Vince Brink. The Public House was voted Best New Restaurant of 2021 by the readers of The Pitch, and Chef Vince continues to put out creative takes on classic bar snacks and meals. Our neighbors, Studios Inc, will also be open with their exhibition SPORADIC. This collection was curated by Studios Inc’s interns, Ronnie N. Lawrence and Connor Wallace. That showing will be open from 5:00 – 8:00.

First Friday Raku Demo

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Join us for the first public raku firing demo at Belger Crane Yard Studios. Come to the East parking lot to see the Crane Yard Clay and Studios crews demonstrate this captivating firing process that produces unique and surprising results. Visit KCClay.com for more information. In the event of rain, this demo will be rescheduled. Stay tuned to our website, Facebook, and Instagram pages for updates.

15th Annual Contemporary Figurative Art Show

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It has been proclaimed that figurative artwork has found its way from the periphery back to the center of the art world. Hilliard Gallery disagrees that figurative artwork ever went to the periphery in the first place. For over twenty-five years Hilliard has been a leading voice in advocating for figurative work and over the last 15 years has hosted their annual show, The Figure in Contemporary Art.

The figurative form can be used as the ideal medium to convey a spectrum of ideas with which the viewer can resonate. The human figure has always been a common subject of visual art, “it forces the viewer to engage the artwork and enables the artist to express an entire range of ideas from the subtle to the intense. In the history of art the human figure bears, in different ways and through different periods in time, a huge significance, being the most direct means by which art can address the human condition”, Bob Hilliard.

Where does figurative art stand today, and what place does the human figure hold in Contemporary Art? This national juried show will continue to explore these questions.

First Friday

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Artists of Studio Above welcome the public to view their artwork of various mediums. Artists will be available to answer your questions about their work.

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Crossroads Community Association

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